Holiday Cheer?

As we enter the holiday season this year, i reflect back to the days of my youth and how simple life really was just being a kid. My only worries where to get good grades, do my chores and try to be cool.

I have been racking my brain for the past week, trying to come up with an interesting discussion for my first blog post in my life. I thought about commenting solely on politics, the economy, dating, the entertainment industry and a few other subjects, but then i had a conversation with an old friend of mine David, who helped me define my mission for this post and is what inspired me to write today.

Just about every morning i drive to the local Kangaroo Gas Station to fill up my 64 oz cup full of ice-cold Coke Zero. On school days, there is always a group of children waiting anxiously for their bus to take them to school. The sight of this has become so commonplace, that i think nothing more than to use caution and slow down when i pass that particular intersection. then one morning on my way to the office it started my mind thinking about where these kids lived. i live in a small equestrian community where most of the residents are well beyond the years of child-bearing and i am aware of only one family, who are in their mid-30's like myself, who have 2 children that go to private school. So now i am really curious and what i found out broke my heart.

After asking a few of the locals around town and some of my neighbors, i was shocked to find out that these children along with their families, live on land at a nearby farm in a make-shift tent city and some reside in the hotels towards town. Unfortunately, the parents had lost their jobs, homes and vehicles due to bankrupt businesses and corporate layoffs. These are not drunkards or drug addicts, this is just an unfortunate effect that is sweeping the nation.

So this morning as i slowly wake up from a deep sleep, i compare my childhood to that of those children. It just makes me realize how much we all take for granted. What type of Christmas are these children going to have? What type of psychological effects is this having on all members of the family? What's really sad is most of us think we are doing a good deed by handing the bum panhandling on the corner a $5 bill because its instant gratification and it's easy. I challenge all of you to the task of doing a good deed or reaching out to someone in need, not just this month but all year long. Random acts of kindness require no money, just time. I have noticed as i get older, people don't say excuse me, thank you or even hold the door for you anymore. This coldness and political correctness has made all of us so stale and non-compassionate, that we have grown to be more litigious rather than caring.

Think about this, the banking system has been granted access to almost $24 trillion as a "Stimulus". A real stimulus would be to give the money to the end-user because we are the people purchasing and consuming the goods. what do you think the majority of people would do? probably pay off their home, pay off credit cards and loans, purchase additional good and services therefore "stimulating" the economy. There is the argument that people would waste the money, well what do you think the banks did with the money? When your taxes keep going up, just think of the reward you're getting for all of your hard work. Now that's Change We Can Believe in!

I have one final question on this matter, where's our bailout?

Check out this link:  http://wakeupfromyourslumber.blogspot.com/2005/12/origins-of-fractional-reserve-banking.html
This is why they say "to big to fail", because it will expose what's really going on.